Stalking Human Prey

The Goorkha, with his catlike lacuity for taking cover, aided by his sinall size and his sleuthhound persistence in follo-wiug an evasive foe, bas always teen an annoyance to the stalwart Pathan. On one occasion two Goorkha scouts were told off to drive away two Afhans who, from a neighboring sumtnit, were "sniping" at a passing column. Tbe column reached its camp after midnight, and vrhen roll was called the two Goorkhas were missing. Their comrades ïnourued theni for a íew hours, but at daybreak the two turned up, very tired, very hungry and very thirsty, but radiaut. "We got them both," they said. Few meu but Goorkhas would have enjoyed tha sport of stalking enemies in their ovn coantry until they "got them botb. "-